** Shares of major Qatari banks fall after HSBC lowers
target prices (TP) and downgrades ratings
** Commercial Bank Of Qatar COMB.QA falls 1.4% after HSBC
cuts TP to 7.1 Qatari riyals from 9 Qatari riyals and downgrades
rating to "Hold" from "Buy"
** Masraf Al-Rayan MARK.QA is down 0.9% with HSBC slashing
TP to 2.1 Qatari riyals from 3.4 Qatari riyals
** Among other lenders, Qatar Islamic Bank QISB.QA was
down 0.8% in morning trade after HSBC trimmed TP to 21 Qatari
riyals from 22 Qatari riyals and downgraded to "Reduce" from
"Hold"
** Doha Bank DOBK.QA , which is not part of the index,
drops 1% as HSBC cuts TP to 2.4 Qatari riyals from 2.7 Qatari
riyals
**Qatar's benchmark index .TASI down 0.5%
(Reporting by Shamsuddin Mohd in Bengaluru)
((shamsuddin.mohd@thomsonreuters.com))